VOL. 44 The Iluntingdon Journal. Office in new JoURNAL Building, fifth Street. THE HUNTINGDON JOURNAL is published every Friday by J. A. ['testi, at 62,00 per annum tat ADVANCE, or $2.0 at Dot paid for iii six months from date of sub scription, and id if not paid within the year. No paper loseoutinued ,uuless at the option of the pub lisher, until ail arrearages are paid. No paper, however, will be atilt out of the Stati , unless absolutely paid for in advance. Transient advertisements will be inserted at TWELVE AND A-HALF CENTS per line for the first insertion, SEVEN AND A-HALF CEN la lot the second and VILE CENTS per line for all subsequent insertions. 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Pamphlets, tc., of every variety and style, printed at the shortest notice, and everything in the Printing' line will be executed in the most artistic manner and at the lowest rite, Professional Cards- VVILLIAM W. DORRIS, Attorney-at-Law, 402 Penn atteet, Ilautingtlon, Pa. [nutr.l6,l7y. n CILDWELL, Altornry-at-Law, No. 111, 3rd .treet. If • formerly occupied by Medsrs. \Vutol& 1 1% . il -0'02;71 damson T A R. A. 13. BRUIIBAUGII, offers his professional services 1/ to he cotton' linty Office, No 523 Washington street, one door east of the Catholic Parsonage. Uan4,'7l DR. ILI. has permanently located in Alexandria to practice I is profession. jjan.4 `7S-ly. E . sTacKT:-)N. sur„,„mpo„tiot. offie. in Leister's in the rthiui foruier4 occupied by Ur. E. J Greeue, [itpLiS, ("EO. B. OR LADY, Attorney-at. Law, 405 Penn Street, Iluntingd,n, Pa. Enoch; i 5 L. 110118, Dentist, anon in S. T. Brawn's new building, U. Nu. 5:!..), Pon' Street, linutingdon, Pa. 1ap12271 lIC. M ADDEN. Attorney-at-Law. Office, No.—. Penn . Street, Huntingdon, Pa. LaPl9,'7l. JSYLVANI':. BLAIR, Attoruey-itt-Law, iluntiugdun, Pa. (Mice, Peuu Street, three doom %vett of 3rd Street. [jan4,7l T W. MAITEILN, Attorney-at-Law and General Claim . Agent, lluntingdon, Pa. Soldiers' claims against the Government* for hack-pay, bounty, widows' and invalid • pensions attended to NWI great care and promptness. fire on Peuu Street. LORAINE ASHMAN, Attorney-at Law. °like : No. 403 Penn S.reet, Iluntin,gdon, Pa. July 18, 1879. Ls. OF.ISSING ER, Attorney-at-Law and Notary Public, . Multi rpl.tn, Pa. (Ake, No. 2.3 u Penn Street, oppo site Court 110 u.,. ifebs,'7l SE. F LEM 1 N A ttorn-y-at-Law. Huntingdon, Pa., . office in .tr,..df, building, Penn Street. Prompt and careful attention givt.n to all legal businem isugs,'74-6moe P. & R. A. ORBISON, Attorneys-at-Law, No. 321 Penn Street, Huntingdon, Pa. All kitid.“4l,4-al businea. promptly attended to. Sept .12:75. New Advertisement BEAUTIFY YOUR 0 M S •- The undersigned is prepared t do ail kinds of qi . :3IJSE IND SIGN ?IRVING, Calcimining, Glazing, Paper Hanging, and any at i all - Work belong og to the t.ueinc.... Having had set oral years' experien , e, he guaran tees satisfaction to those who may employ PrtiC ]ES .111LCO .111. A r r Orders may he left at the JOURNAL Book Store. JOHN L. ROLILAND. March 14th. ISi9-tf. CHEAP ! CHEAP !CHEAP !! PAPERS. FLUIDS. •-/ALBUSIS. Buy yAtir Paper, Buy your Stationery Buy your Blank Books, AT THEJOrRNAL 8008 d STATIONERY STOR,L. Fine St:ttionery, Books for Children, Elegant Fluids, And an Endless Variety of Rice Things, AT THEJOURNAL BOOK te STATIONERY STORE $l5OO TO WOO A YEAR, or $5 to $2O a day in your own locality. No risk. Women do as well as men. Many make more than the amount stated above. No one eau fail to make money fast. Any one can do the work. You can make Irem sticts. to $2 an hour by devoting your evenings and spare time to the business. It costs nothing to try the business. Nothing like it for money making ever offered beim,. Business ples..sant and strictly hon orable. ltmuler if you want to know all about the best paying bueinesu before the public, send ue your address and we will send you full particulars and private terms free; samples worth $5 also free; you can then make up your mind for yourself. Address tikORGE STIN.SON dt CO., Portland, Maine. June 6, 1879-ly STAMPING ! Haring just received a fine assortment of Stamps from the cast, I am now prepared to do Stamping for BRAIDING AND EMBROIDERING I also do Pinking at the shortest notice. MRS. MATTIE G. GRAY, No. U 5 Mifflin 1 • May3,lS7 DR. J. J. DAHLEN", GERMAN PIITSICIA9 AND qUiiG EON Office at the Washington House, corner of Seventh and Penn Etreeo, April 4, 1679. DR. C. H. BOYER SURGEON DENTIST, Of6 , )e Franklin House, A pr.4-y IL M'DIVITT, SURVEYOR AND CONVEYAY CER, CHURCH ST., bet. Third and Fourth, 0ct.17,'79 JOHN S. LYTLE. SURVEYOR AND CONVEYAACER SPRUCE CREEK, 1day9,1879-ly COME TO T - lIE JOURNAL OFFICE FOR YOUR JOB PRINTING If you Wel sale bills, If you want bill heads, If you want letter heads, If you want visiting cards, If you want business cards, If you want blanks of any kind, If yen want envelopesneatly printed, If you want anything printed in a workman- Ike manner, and at very reasonable rates, leave yourorders at the above named office. A WEEK in your own town, and no $ capital rtea.Youwu g ive thetisiiessa tria l without expense . The offered for those willing to work. Yon should try nothing else until you see for yourself what you can do at the business we-offer. No room to explain here. You can devote all your time or only your spare time to the business, and make great pay for every hour that you work. Women make as much as men. Send for special private terms and particulars which we mail free. $4 Outfit free. Don't complain of hard times while you have such a chance. Address H. HALLETT F. CO., Portland, Maine. June 6, 1879-Iy. TOYPIIL News for Boys and Girls !I Young and Old! ! A NEW IN _ . - . VENTION just patented for them, p for Home use Fret and Scroll Sawing, Turning, lk Boring, Drilling,Grinding, Poll•thir ,;, Screw Cutting. Price So to 5.90. • Send 6 rents fur IGO pane". EPHRAIM BROWN, Lowell, Masa. Sept. 5, 1879-eow-lyr. 3m 16m 19m j lyr One 2 11. - inie Grieith it Wedge Porta:do E! ;:u4 Snw NM!. :fl5OO 00 One Gorse Griffith k Weage Portable Engine a.n4 C;rcular Saw Mill l4OO 00 One 1341 it Williams D. able Surface Planing and Matching Machin , . 5OO 00 One Power k Tainter Single Surface Planing and Matching Machine 4OO 00 One Foot Morticing Machine, (new) 45 00 One Iron F nom e Swing Cut-off Saw,(new) 40 00 One 1)::: ton's llouble.i. Geared Saw Gum- nwr 1 CC One 35 11,,rse Stationary Engine, with Gevernor One 25 lion, ,Statioitary Engine, lt itil One 5 Por=e ;Hutionary k:ngiue, Boiier Flxtu!es 2OO 00 Oni• iler,e Fright Tubular Boiler :fi - 1 Fixtures One Fitio Boiler and Fi3:ures ..... ON, 2i Ilun , c D •tupfel l'iue iiuiler and Fixtures 4OO 00 Of, !,tir 20 Horde• Cy ',irider Boilers, Ove , JS Turbine Water IVheel, with gear. :• I••), x ILA. of i ngiuc,, Butlers ‘Vood- n 'orking Mgr Pulleys, Shafting, Belting, Circular Saws, 4.e., Address, ANNUAL STATEMENT OF THE Uitt; ESSES AND TOWN COUNCIL OF ILIE 130hoUGH OF HUNTINGDON, PA., for the tis,il year ettding th© first 31unday of April, 1880, as r.viiroi to ho puldiehed by them, under the Act of As: ,, ,nbly of April 12ih, 1 575, viz: zTATEMENT OF THE BUBOES: 4 ES AND TOWN CtIENCIL OF THE 1:011OUGH OF At the en•i of the fiscal viar, terminating on the first Monday of April, ISSO, as required by the let S.ction of the Act of A•semhly of 12th April, 187 i, etiowing; in detail t-he actual indebtedne.•s of the s• iii borough; the amount of the funded dept; the amount of the floating debt; the valua tion of the taxable property therein; the assets of the corporation with the character and vette thereof, and the sate of maturity of the repeetive forms of the funded debt thereof, viz: THE ASSETS OF THE BOROUGH consist of the Engine Hone., Council litt•an, &J., and the lot on which the same is erected, on Washington street, Naluel at One Siliby Engine. Hose Carriage, &c., 5000 00 315 feet of New Leather Hose, (first School Stationery, Games for Children, Pocket Book, Puss Books, Juuiat.o. Enge, kc STAMPING HUNTINGDON. PA HUNTINGDON, PA HUNTINGDON, PA Huntingdon county Pa. rr. • • ent, untingdo Journal. New Advertisements SELLERS' olfrTenv:l SYRUP! 50 Years Before the Public ! Pronounced by all to be the most Pleas ant and efficacious remedy now in use, for the cure of Coughs, Colds, Croup, Hoarseness, tickling sensation of the Throat, whooping Cough, Etc. Over a Million Bottles sold within the last few years. It gives relief wherever used, and lots the power to impart benefit that cannot be had frets the Cough Mixtures now in use. Sold by all Druggists at 25 cents per bottle. DI - VMl = t PILLS are also highly recommended for curing - Liver Complaint, Constipation, Sick Headaches, Fever and Ague, and all 1 - )l,eases of the Stomach and Liver. Sold by all Drit:2, , . - i,“s at 25 cents per box. n. E. SELLERS 8/, CO., PITTSBURGH, PA, 00.10 ly. FOR S .A_ 1., ! GOQ SECOND-HAND 1:11 a AT S BOILERS BD 111111INERY. t and connections :not 'b W. W. Ml= L. SON, 4:UAIIIERLA.ND, lit T L&w FREIG lITS. apt9-4t.] ilt N TING DON PENN'A The:Letitia! indebtedness of the sAid bet.- ou4h, not including that of the School DisTriet thereof, is, the :um of the funded debt 0f..... and no floating debt The valuation of the taxable property therein, according to the triennial as- sessup.mt uf 1860, is cost,) in 1879 Plnenix Engine, Iluuse, Hay Scales and Fixtures l5O 00 Special llo,pital Building 75 00 Town Crock Cemetery 1, , ,ts (unsold) and improve inert', made in Igiti 625 00 funtleil of as above stated. l 9 RE fil:ows, to wit: The Flllll of 1'3.1500 of 8 per cent. I.: :oils lo the Ist of M treh, 11174, uud th sum of :7.0114t of ti per cent. Bonds. psynlile as fel lows. to wit:t.3lollo August 1575 ; elOOll. Au gust Ist. 1 875 ; $1001) August Ist, 1877; $lOllO, Atigo4t ISIS, owl August lot., 1879. J. 1 PATTON, Secretary DER 9r. TJ !:,intr, wind and Rain. you will never have such ell:ince again. We have the best large size Huaai 7 ni Ito Li. Clothes Wringer in the wor.i, selling it less than half price. Good ref erenee guaranteed. Everybody "red hot" to get nyi.• ! No competition ! The best chance of your lifetime to Y4Aas: pNi.:l". Samples, $2 50. Cir culars and full partieuhirs tree. _Agents willing to i.e Cony it e. d Ada:, P.A11.11;0.N WRINGER CO., apr.l6 3u PEPISIONES Obtained for tlis,bled SoLiers, from date of dis eharge. if application is filed before July Ist, I W./. Pensions increased. Send postage for new law bianks, and instrucilons. Address IV. C. I: EB INGER & CO., Pittsburgh, Pa., or WaFhirttflon, D. C. 27,),1_1 - • oldest Claim Ag,eNcy in the 'United states. oprl6-tin. -- EXECUTOR'S NOTICE. lEet,ttv of DAVID LONG, deed.] Letters testamentary, on the estate of David Long, late of Clay township, deeeased, having been granted to the undersigned—whose post °thee address is Orbisonia—all persons knowing themselves indebted are requested to make imme diate payment, an•i those - basing claims to present them, duty authea for settlement. ap.2l NOTICE. J , sse Curfman, of Cass township, in the county of Huntingdon, applies for tw,uty•live acres of of land, situate in the township of Cass, and county Huntingdon adjoining lands of a survey in the name of Thomas Cole on the west, a survey in the name of Thomas Taylor on the north and cast, sad a survey in the name of Jewett McClellan on the Eolith. april2-3t*.j JESSE CUItFMAN. liENDALL'S SPAVIN CURE Is sure to cure Spavins, Splints, Curb, &c. It removes all unnatural enlarge ' I. tnents. DOES NOT BLISTER. Has oh , equal for any lameness on beast or ":\ man. It has cured hip-joint lameness n a person who had suffered 15 years. Also cured rheuniatbin, corns, frost-bites or any bruises, cut or lameness. It has no equal for any blemish on horses. Send for illustrated circular. giving POSITIVE PROOF. Price SI. ALL DRUG GISTS have it or can get it for you. Dr. D. J. Kendall & Co.,Proprietors, Enosburgh Falls, Ver mont. Harris & Ewing, Agents, Pittsburgh, Pa. May23-Iy. MINING STOCK FOR SALE. The Carbonate Gold and Silver Mining Compa ny of Leadville, Col., own more valuable Gold and Silver Mines than any other Company in the Mate. The stock is ten dollars per share, fully paid up, and nonaseessable. They now offer a limited number of shares for sale through the un 'ersigned, at $2.00 per ,hare. References and inf3rmatiun cheerfully given, birect all orders and communications to S. M. BOYD, 144 Filth Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pa., P. 0. Box 1061: TREASURER'S SALE OF SEATED and unseated lands in Huntingdon county, Pennsylvania. By virtue of sundry &Os of the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania relating to the sale of :Seated and Unseated Lund in the county of Hunting don. for taxes due and unpaid. I will offer at Public Sale, at the Court. House, in the borough of Huntingdon, on the second Monday of JUNE, A. D., 1880, (being the 14th day of the mouth), at 10 o'clock, A. M„ the following de scribed pieces of laud, or such part thereof as may be ne cessary to satisfy the amount of taxes and coot+ due and ,iupaid against the same, up to and including the year 1475, and continue thineile from day to day, as the canoe may be found necessary. The amount of Taxes and Costs must be paid when the laud is struck off, or the sale nosy be avoided and the property put up and re-sold. UNSEATED LINT. Acitus. WAiIItANTEES AND OWNERS. TAXES. - 417 tit :yes Tano.t.. sl4 51 416 Robert Austin, (John McCalian's Heirs) 34 49 1644 Martin Orlady. l2 64 437 William Mitehiner ..... 39 88 438 Th , .mai Mitehiner 39 82 10 McComb 44,2 John WatAtm ;31 , 7 'Robert Wat‘on 1 lot Campbell&Jacobt4 2.h) Samuel Hartsock ll 60 207 Henry Sills l2 00 400 John Freed 23 20 137 Samnel Morrison. (part) 794 130 Hugh Morrison, (part)... 1146 Andrew Sills ll 36 275 T. E. Orbison l5 95 434 Sarah llartsock 25 65 4 , N1 Sarah Barriek 193 J3;011 Barriek •••• 803 4.0 Peter Hartsock 23 20 DWI EliZaliellt 1iart50ek........ • • .723 J ti 393 Samuel Galbraith Janio.s Galbraith 369 Juba Galbraith carbon Township. 53 Henry Rbodes 116 J.,1) Maun 65 John P. Baker, (Orbison & Durris,) 390 00 .1. N. Spangler ::::16 J. S. Schinickuy and Win. and Elia 3 Wiest, l6 80 1;2. 11., do do 2l 60 :;91 do ilo • do . 134 Daniel Brwle. 113 F. 11. 1111 V SG Philip Wager ;50 A. P. WAson's heirs. 21 Willi:in' Itailey'd heirs 5 .latnee Li l,qtn :u Robert Gardner i) George Shall', 4(10 Thomas Palmer 400 George Stever 400 Jacob 11.1tzhimer 4uo Harry Baker ./110 Thomas Russell .1.14 t David Ralston 4 , 0 Thomas Ralston 400 Ephraim .lo ves 44:0 John Brown 400 00 4 , m) Jonathan Priestley James Dean 410 Henry Canan .11.0 Adam. 40 0 Henry West 4 , 10 Alexa, der Johnston 500 00 400 Thomas ➢l'Clure. 400 John EtalAon.. 400 Samuel Canso 403 00 44a) Abraham Dean 4 , 10 James Inlstou 4 . ) , ) Sall mei Marshall 4,1 Itobert Caldwell 100 Matthew Simpson, 4114) 31ones McClure or M'Clain 490 Joliu Fulston 400 John Galbraith 4 , K) George \Vice Zl7 Deviancy's heirs 127 R. M. Cunning 210 Joseph Miller or Wilson Morrie Townsh;r. I Samuel P. Wallace's heirs. 19 Janie Cullen 1:321 Swoope Hunter 1-I,rkr Township. 412 William Sillilli (A. P. Wilson's heirs) lO6 69 362 du do du Springfidd Township. 4+lo Nathan Ord 4 Caldwell's heirs. 140 Nancy Davin . 40u lvtacflustou 362 Johanna flustou 332 Rosin Davis 400 John Chamber 15ii Neal Clark. 40t) J wises Chambers 409 Robert Chambers 4;;;; Nancy Chambers 40,1 Benjamin Rush 126 Samuel Sally and Betsey Chambers 446 333 Peter Stines 699 400 Diary Freed 250 Tempy Shaffer lB 75 395 Samuel Cornelius $ 6500 00 $699.207 00 N Speer & Martin 152 Elie Smith 347 Robert Irvin 279 James Water. 260 Sarah Ilartgi.k --- HO Joseph Miller 175 Peter Wilson _ __ 171 Isaac !Kemple.. 4(1) Leas & 151 eT it ty 248 W. W. &D. C. - Enti ikon s's 00 200 00 50 Peters 44 Stroup. 30 Gid.o Ellag .... 50 00 456 gaimickey & Feist 24 34 400 do do ...... 4N) Abraham Sell TA) Abraham Morrison b 7 Thomas Morrison... Walker Township. 117 John Kerr, (Wnt. Crow, owner,) l4 75 422 Su,anna I.,Jur6h 512,975 00 41. Rudolph Lourigh, 437 J. 4m Patton ....... :;J Juin, McCahan Wareiorsalerk Township. 10 Michaa Low .., 2 20 •:2 1 .!, Pet.. Grazier's heirs..... 2:4 AVillimu Stow , 3zo6 ... .... 2 :ft C. Stow 21.5 K. Stewart 1). P. GWIN, Chief liurgess. SEATED LIST. Broad Top City. 2 lots Sylvester Biddle I lot Stilwell Bishop. 75 2 lots Gustave English 3 " li. Flissett 2 25 ... ... -.— L " William °sal 1 50 2 " MD. Moore. 2 " R. O. Moorehouso 1 50 1 " J. B. Stevinson, 75 2 " Benjamin Tingley 3 00 2 " Samuel Tobias. 1 50 1 " Janice Crowley lB 4 " E. J. Mo,,relot 3 00 , ....... ----- " Charles Flanagan 1 b 0 • thalmont Borough. 5 " Levi Evans' heirs 1 " S.isauua Harris Bl 1 " William L. Ilitibiltun 1 " .I(.lin Long's heirs I " William John 1 " Mary Sullivan 1 " Francis Reamer 1 " awl house li. S. Isenberg • 575 1 " Michael McCabe 473 " 1 " Lichard Owens 215 1 " `• ilenry McClure 3 60 1 " •• - Mrs. Owen Fagan 350 1 " J. W. Curry 67 -.- . 1 CI Andrew Gleason... 6 50 i i , , :: ii Slewellyn thighs ' 155 " William P Kelley..— 2 10 2 " " John Richards'heirs " 2 " Jamer Reed " 1 " George Wighman 324 1 " " C.C. Reed " 1 " James Michell's heirs 4 90 Dudley Borough. •• 1 " M. J. Martin •• 4 .. Lawrence Mangan 2OO L " ii Sarah Piper 1 00 Henderson Township. 96 F.. A. Green 15,7 it [eel i& - . Lytle ........................ ............... Huntingdon Borough. ~ 1 "JohnSnyder's tut eae ..... ... 1 73 AMUN LJNG, Executor. 1 44 D. IL. P. Neely 4 56 2 64 Esther Lytle 3 66 Bev. Luther Smith 9 30 1 " George Brumbaugh 3 00 4 Acres A. A. Cohill 1 60 1 Lot 11. Q. Miller 2OO 1 " Marl E. Warfel 3 10 3 Itl Samuel Patterson 3 00 1 " and House Charles Cornelius 6 08 1 " Mrs. Nancy Miller 3 10 1 ,. " and House William J. Householder's estate 4 55 1 64 William Foester '2 92 1 46 " Abram S. Johnston 3OO i , .t Emily S. Scott 1 00 5 "Planing Mill Stewart, March & Co , 165 30 11 " and Shops Orbison & Co., Car Manf 'r Co 234 95 1 " and House Rudolph McMurtrio's estate lB 40 1 " Simon Bales .. ... 80 1 " David Witherow 1 88 1 "and 2 Houses Charles C. Ault 972 1 44 Margaret Roberts 4O 1 " Margaret Murrells ........... 1 Jackson White 230 1 " and [louse John Yingling B9B 3 gl Jonathan Miller 1 ‘• and House A. L. Dunmire 304 1 " William Heffner 7 40 1 " Mariah Miller 1 " and House George Porter 693 1 " Rev. J. Plannett 1 " and House Andrew Richtner 633 1 " Elliott Robley 1 " 6i David Sturtzman Land " William H. Thomas l5 75 3 if 3 at George Wells l9 90 1 "and Brick House) Jacob Zillius 26 76 1 " J. Asbury Crewitt 7O 1 " and House Joseph Carter lO5 14 0 J. R. Dean 1 26 1 4 .. Frank Moultrie Estate 1 23 1.. if Rev.M.L. Drum. 203 acres. Frank Ilefright 1 73 547 " llefright & Wharton 3O 77 Three Springs Borough. 1 Lot. Samuel Smith 32 1 " Siunuel B. Young 32 A. P. M'ELWAIN, April 9th, 1580. Treasurer. New Advertisements. Tionis OF SALE. Barite Township Brady nicriship. Cass Tams/gip. cnnawell nwnship, Dablin Township, Franklin Townshp, 4 20 60 ..... . 6 00 Iblmwell Township, Jachgun Township, Lincoln Township. ateida To.anship. Tod Township. 7 70 6 08 ~.. ............ 13 08 ... ...... ....- 1 75 2 20 Union Township. Oneida Township. HUNTINGDON, PA., FRIDAY, APRIL 23, 1880. citigrapOrat JAMES G. BLAINE. SOME POINTS IN THE CAREER OF THE PEOPLE'S CHOICE, BY DR. JAMES ICING, Late Surgeon • General of Penn'a. Prominence in a public career always leads to erroneous statements in regard to a man's early life. It is our purpose to give a brief sketch of Senator Biaine io the vicinity of his birthplace, in the midst of his friends and relatives. James Gillespie Blaine was born on the 31st of January. 1830, at the Indian Hill Farm, Washington county, Pennsylvania, oppOsite the town of Brownsville. The old stone house where he first saw light is still standing, and is now included within the limits of West Brownsville, though at the time of his birth it was simply the mansion house on the Gillespie farm. The house was built by Mr. Blaine's great grandfather, the elder Neal Gillespie, in 1778, on what was then the frontier of civilizat:on. The late James D. Bowman, of Brownsville, accurate in the local his. tory of the valley, said it was the first stone house ever built on the western side of the Monongahela river. „„ 3 94 .. 40i - 408 WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA ANCESTRY Mr. Blaine came into public life, if not by a law of heredity. yet by a strong as sociation in his immediate family. His great grandfather, Colonel Ephraim Blaine, of Carlisle, Cumberland county, Pennsyl vania, was commissary general of the Rev olutionary army from 1778 till the close, of the struggle in 1783 Mr. Blaine's grandfather, for whom he is named, intended originally to enter upon a professional and political career, but a somewhat prolonged residence in Europe after he had completed his studies diverted him, as it has so many young Americans, fr,an following his first and better ambt tion. Ile returned to his heme in 1793. bringing with him, as a special bearer of despatches, a celebrated treaty with a for eign government, since become historic, and afterward led chiefly the life cf a pri vate gentleman Mr. Blaine's father was born and reared in Carlisle. and after an extended tour in Europe, South America, and the West Indies, returned to spend the greater portion of his life in the adjoining county of Washington,-where he died be fore his son was fully grown. Ile came west about 1818 having the largest landed posessions of any man of his age in West ern Pennsylvania, owning an estate which. had it been preserved,would have amounted to many millions. As a single item in that estate, it may interest the present generation of Pittsburgers to recall that in 1825 Mr. Ephraim b. Blaine (the Sena tor's father) deeded to the Eco!,outites the splendid tract of land on which their town, with all its improvements and all its wealth, now stands The price wag $25,000 for a property whose value to day, even ifs un improved, would be a princely forttri3e.— There were also tinilier tracts on the Al leghsny and coal tracts on the Mononga Bela, at that day of no special value, which now represent large fortunes in the hands of those lucky enough to hold them Very near the large tracts owned by his father and grandfather, Senator Blaine is now the possessor of one of the most valuable coal properties in the Ponongahela valley In area it is but a fraction of that which he might have hoped to inherit, but in value it is manifold greater than the whole landed estate of his father fifty years ago. 10 48 ... 4 75 8 60 8 60 860 8 60 • 860 ▪ 8 60 • 860 89 60 60 60 60 ~.. 860 8 60 8 60 ..... . 99 29 ... 20 00 14 00 12 66 11 61 _ . .- 14 00 14 00 14(N1 ... 527 .... 933 19 98 15 44 ....... 13 30 INTELLECTUAL TRAINING Special pains were taken by Mr. Blaine's father to give his son a thorough intel lectual training. He was under the best tutora g e in his earliest years, and at the age of 11was sent to Lancaster, Ohio, to school, where be lived in the family of his relative, Hon. Thomas Ewing, at that time Secretary of the Treasury. General Thomas Ewing, at present in Congress, his cousin, and of the same age. was his classmate, under the tuition of an Englishman named Wm. Lyons, a brother of the elder Lord Lyons and uncle of the late British Min ister at Washington In November, 1843, Mr. Blaine entered the freshmen class of Washington College, and graduated in September, 1847, at the age of 17 years and 8 months In a class of thirty three members, Mr. Blaine shared the first honor with John C Hervey, now superintendent of public instruction at Wheeling. He was a diligent, ambitious student, specially excelled in mathematics and Latin, and was marked also for his proficiency in logic and political economy. His college guardian was his uncle, Hon. John H. Ewing at that time Represents Live in Congress from the Washington dis trict, and who still lives at an advanced age, with a very lively interest in the for tunes of his nephew. At the quarter centennial of the class, held in 1872, twenty nine of the thirty three were living, and every one of them was a man of position and character in his community. John H. Hampton, esq., of this city, A M. Gow, of Washington, Pa , John V. LeMoyne, of Chicago, were mem bers of the class. .... 11 00 13 48 ... 22 00 11 60 1 48 2613 ... 55 37 .... 97 01 .... 3 78 3328 3440 3 30 71 85 TEACHER, EDITOR, AND POLITICIAN After graduating, Mr. Blaine taught for awhile as college tutor in Kentucky and in Pennsylvania, wrote for the newspapers and magazines, and engaged in the study of law, though he did not enter upon the practice. In 1853 he went to Maine and assumed the editorship or the Kennebec Journal, and afterward of the Portland Advertiser. His progress in Maine cannot -- He Done It. I Drinking Too Much. Horrible Fate of a Ghoul. ! Plain Talk to Young Men. ______ Mr. Pinta went home from the "lodge" Remember, young friend, that the the other night and tackled the "fifteen" Children are not apt to htlicre they Indiana furnishes the most horrible case world is older than you are by several puzzle. He wrestled with the thi r ty blocks drink too much water, andyet they do. on r' cord Gordon Truesdale, it handsome —at least he thought there ere i thirty of When you come in the house, panting and S buth Bender, had i.. desire to procure a years, that for thousands of years it has been full of smarter and better young men them, he being in splendid condition to thirsty from play, you will take a tumbler collection of human skulls, being an ama than yourself, that when they died the "see double"—and in about an hour and of water , and drink it down as fast as you tour phrenologist He dug down into the globe went whirling on, and that not one a half had the thing solved to his own sat can, an d then rush out to resume play, and, grave of Sarah Platts, cut the flesh away man in a hundred millions went to the isfaetion. Then he got pen, paper and ink perhaps, repeat the drink. Now, the next around the neck, and placing his foot on funeral or even heard of the death. Be as and attempted to write out the solution, time you feel thirsty, try this experiment. the breast of the corpse, wrenched the smart as you can, shed the light of your as follows : "Shove 4 down, push 1 over, Take a goblet of water, and slowly sip it head off by main force He disjointed and wisdom abroad in the world, but don't try carom on the 14, swing the right bower, Before it is half gone, your thirst will be threw away the lower jaw. He poisoned to dazzle or astonish anybody with it. And drag out 6, keep the 10 in the king row fully quenched, and you will feel better i his nose with some of the matter from the don't imagine a thing is so simple because keno on the black, deal again, run the 5 for having drank only that which you corpse, and his head swelled up until incis you happen to think it is. Don't be too again,from first base, move 3 to the southwest of need. And we are all apt to acquire ions had to be made in his nose and fore- sorry for your father because he knows so 15, white to play and mate in twelve the habit of drinkinc , while c- Ling our head to prevent the skin from bursting. much less than you do. He need to think moves, Pto Rt 15th, then set 'em up on meals. Animals don't do it, and it is hurt- His eyes actually decayed and became the other alley, throw double 6's, croquet ful to us. Nature gives U 4 all the saliva sightless, and the odor was so horrible that he was as much smarter than his father as the 9, take the 7 on the fly, lead king, we need; and ifany one will chew his attendants were at first obliged to flee from you think you are smarter than yours. then R to R 7, rake in the pot, and mo— food slowly and thoroughly, and not take the house and afterwards ,handled him -or ANI , 40 mov—move--." His wife becoming alarm• a swallow of drink until through eating, with gloves. He confessed his crime and To see how eagerly a human being will ed at his absence came down stairs at 2 a. the desire to do so will soon leave, and he died in awful agony. As soon as the breath catch at a straw, it is not necessary to wit m., and found him under the table. But will require only a few sips of water, tea left the body it was placed in the coffin, ness a drowning. The phenomenon is now he had "done it." or coffee. This practice. too, will do won- but it swelled so as to burst off the lid, manifest chiefly within aeloons, where one - - ---.......--...... - 41....... - - - ders in the way of keeping off indizesticin, , and the remains were hurried to the tern end of the Straw is is:nu:el-KA in a turn SUBSCRIBE for the JOURNAL. dyspepsia and sickness.—Golden Days. 1 etery in the night and buried. bier. . be called slow, for he was chosen to the Legislature in 1858, where he served four years. the last two as Speaker of the House. The following paragraph is from a letter by the late Gov. Kent, of Maine, who modestly refrained from classing himself* with Feisenden, Hamlin, and the Morrills, .though he belonged in the front rank of public men in Maine, made especially prominent to the whole country in the campaign of 1840 : "Almost from the day of his assuming editorial charge of the Kennebec Journal, at the early age of 23, Mr. Blaine sprang into a position of great influence in the politics and policy of Maine. At 25 he was a leading power in the councils of the R, publican party, so recogniz , d by Fes seuden, Hamlin, the two Morrills, and others then and still prominent in the State. Before be was 29 he was chosen chair man of the executive committee of the Republican organization in Maine—a position he has held ever since, anti from which he has practically shaped and di reotral . every political campaign in the state—always le.tding his party to brilliaot Actory Had Mr. Blaine been New Eug hind born, he would probably not have re ceived such rapid advancement at so early ar_ age, even with the same ability he po.sessed. lint there was a s'ert nf We tern dash about him that t , :ok with us Dawn Easters; an expression of frankn, ss, can dor, and confidence that gave him from the start a very strong and permanent hold on our people, and as the fbundation of all, a pure character and a masterly ability equal to all demands made upon him." HIS CAREER IN CONGRESS In 1862 Mr. Blaine was chosen Itepre sentative in Congress, and from that date he has been well known to the entire country. Indeed, law men have lived more constantly in what Mr. Manton Mar ble would call the full sunlight. of pub licity. On the floor of the House, in the Speaker's chair, again on the floor of the House, thence in the Senate, and during the political campaigns of all those years on the stump in almost every Northern State, Mr. Blaine his been emphatically with the people and of the per - Ile. His opinions on all questions have been pro nounced, sometimes to aggressiveness, and his worst enemy has never accused him of evading or avoiding any responsibility or the expression convictions 0 1 ally public issue. In reviewing Mr. Blaine's Congr, , ssional career we desire at the outset to point, out a very superficial and frivolous line of re mark, which we sometimes see, not only in regard to Mr. Blaine, but to other prominent public men. "What great measure did Mr. Blaine ever originate ?" asks the unfledged but omnipotent chamber statesman, and might go on ind,finately asking what great measure did Mr. Sher man or Mr. Thurman ever originate, or Mr. Edmunds or Mr. Co nkling or Mr. Webiter or Mr. Gallatin ? Such critics arid such criticisms are equally shallow. Great measures grow in the minds of the people. Specie payment came after long public discussion, and now Senators are quarrelling as to who it was that drafted the bill passed in 1875 So it is with all measures of great public moment. They do not spring from the mind of one wan sitting behind his Congressional desk The duty of the statesman is to shape, mold, guide, direct in a It-publican govei urnent The creative power is in the ninds of many, and the cause of action is necessity. The great lawyer does not create his ease He argues it, developes it, applies pin ciples to it. To say that Mr Blaine has bern a power in Congress for the past seventeen 3 t.ars is simply to affirm current history. Though entering very, young. he made his mark at once. At the period of darkest . depr es sion in the war, when anxiety brooded everywhere and boded everything, Mr. Blaine delivered a speech on "The Ability of the American People to Suppress t:,e u~ e e',.- C___ Rebellion," which has been cited for the great attention and warm commendation it received. Its value lay not alone in its timeliness, for after its wide circulation it was reprinted as a campaign document in the Presidential campaign of 1864 It was the delivery of this speech, and some discussions which took place shortly after, that caused Thaddeus Stevens to say that "Blaine of Maine has shown as great aptitude and ability for the higher walks of public life as any man that had come to Congress during his period of service." During the first session of Mr Blaine's service as member of the Post Office Com tnittee he took an active part in co-opera tion with the chairman, Hon John B Ally, and the late James Brooks of New York. in encouraging and securing the system of postal cars now in universal use. Distribution on the cars had not been at tempted on any great scale, and the first appropriations for the enlarged service were not granted without opposition. Following the war, and throughout the peiiod of reconstruction, Mr. Blaine was active, energetic, and intelligent. He wets especially prominent in shaping some of the most important features of the Four teenth Amendment, particularly that re lating to the basis of representation. The diseussioas on the great series of in which Mr. Blaine figured largely, are among the most interesting and valuable in the history of the American Congress. THE GREENBACK HERESY, In 1867, while Mr. Blaine was absent in Europe, the theory of paying the public debt. in greenbacks was started in Ohio by Mr Pendleton and in Massachusetts by -General Butler. Just after his return in the autumn, at a special or adjourned ses sion of Congress in November. Mr. Blaine assaulted the proposition in a speech of great research, logic and force. It thus happened that he was the first man in either branch of Congress who spoke against the financial heresy that in subse quent years has engrossed so much of public attention. From that time, both in C o ngress and before the people, Mr. Blaine has been indefatigable in bringing the public opinion of the country to the right standard of financial and national honor. Others may have been more prom inent than he in Congress, but it is haz arding little to say that Mr. Blaine, more than any other man, has retched the mind and aroused the judgment of the people by addresses from the stump through the East and the West. In his 39th year Mr. Blaine was chosen Speaker of the House of Representatives, and was re-elected for the two succeeding Congresses. It has often been said that no man since Clay's speakership presided with such an absolute knowledge of the rules of the House, or with so great a mas tery in the rapid, intelligent and faithful discharge of business. His knowledge of parliamentary law was instinctive and coo] plete, and his administration of it so fair that both sides of the House united at the close of each Congress in cordial thanks for his impartiality As Mr.. Blaine pre sided over some of the must exciting scenes and sessions of the House, the ap pruval he secured is especially noticeable. A MEMORABLE EVENT. Even more marked, at least in the pop War eye, than bis career as Speaker, was Mr Blaine's course in the House when he returned to the fl ,or at the close of his !-peakership Few have forgotten the sud den tilt by which, in a day, a victorious and exultant Democratic majority was changed into n surprised. subdued anti saddened errxd, under Mr Blaine's ag, gres-ive and unexpected tactics. The de bates of that memorable session on the proposition to remove the disabilities of Jefferson Davis are still fresh in all minds, and more likely to be appreciated perhaps to-day than at any time within the last three ytars. Mr. Blaine's speeches laid the foundation of success in the campaign of 1876, though he was not selected as the standard bearer. The excitement growing out of this exciting session with all its attendant events brought Mr. Blaine more prominently before the country than any othi•r citizen fir the time, centered upon him indeed a hi,stility more malinant and a love more enthusiastic than are often in spired by public service, and his failure to be tiowir•at , cl at. Cincinnati was a di-ap pointment to the great mass of Republi cans throughout the country. To thousands in Pennsylvania his defeat came as some thing like a personal grief. On the final ballot Mr. Blaine had 351 votes, Mr. Hayes had 379, and Mr. Bristow 23, so that Mr. Hayes only had a majority of five. puriu g the seven ballotings 404 dif ferent delegates voted for Mr. Blaine, but they were not combined in one ballot. CAMPAIGN OF 1876 After the election of President Hayes, to which Mr. Blaine devoted all his pow ers, he entered the Senate. taking his seat in December, 1876. Many regretted that the able Speaker of the House, the 'lash ing and brilliant debater in Committee of Whole, should, as they expressed it, be shelved in the Senate. Three years have passed, and it would be hard to name a man who has been less securely shelved, a Senator Who has moved su promptly to the front and stood there so firmly as Mr. Blaine. The Senate contains a large num ber of able men and some skillful debaters, but iu logical, offiliand discussion, in quick perception, full command of every re source, and entire forgetfulness of self, it contains no man superior to Mr Blaine. He has been called dramatic. lie is dra matic, not because he poses, but because he is absolutely natural, and nature is al ways dramatic. His career in the Senate has been as active as that in the House He has taken a prominent part in every prominent debate, and though not tearing to differ from his party, has always been a strong party man, and is to day one of the recognized leaders on the Republican side. PECULIAR TRAITS Mr. Blaine is a man of good temper and temperament, though with a certain intel lectual vehemence that might sometimes be mistaken for anger, of strong physique, wonderful powers of endurance and of re cuperation, of great activi y and industry, kindly and frank, easily approachable, and ready to aid_ all good causes with tongue, pen and' purse His studies have been largely on political questions and political history. Everything connected with the development of the country interests him, and he is a dangerous antagonist in any (natter of American history—especially of the United States since the adoption of the Federal Constitution. He is an intense believer in the American Republic, one and indivisible, jealous and watehful tor her honor, her dignity, and her right of eminent domain, ready to brave the wrath of the East for the welfare of the West, as in the Chinese question ; ready to differ from political friends rather than permit the indefinite suspension of the writ of habeas corpus ; ready to brave the wrath of the Conservatives for the rights of the Southern blacks, as in his opposition to President Hayes' Southern policy—and perfectly ready to give the British lion's mane a tweak when that fine old king of beasts crashes too clumsily among our fish ing flakes HIS REMARKABLE MEMORY. Mr. Blaine's knowledge of facts, dates, events, men in our history, is not only re markable, but almo'st unprecedented. In his college days he was noted for his early love of American history, and for his in timate knowledge of its details. That field of reading has been enlarged and cultivat ed in all his subsequent years, until it would be difficult to find a man in the United States who can, on the instant, without reference to book or note, give so many facts and statistics relating to cur rent interests, to our financial and revenue system, to our manufacturing industries of all kinds, to our river and harbor improve. ments, to our public lands, to our railway system. to our mines and minerals, to our agricultural interests—in fact, to every thing that constitutes and includes the development, achievement, and success of the United States. This has been the study of his life, and his memory is an encyclo pw.lia. lie remembers because it is easier than to forget. THE LATE TROUBLE IN MAINE Those who have been disposed to regard Mr Blaine as an impulsive and p)ssibly rash man, were kiLdly furnished by the Democratic party the opportunity to be completely undeceived, in the steadiness, persistence, and success with which he conducted the Republican party in Maine through its recent troubles, and brought order and law out of chaos and threatened violence No finer display of statesman like qualities has been seen in this coun try, and the American people are not slow to perceive that in the protracted and per ilous struggle in Maine, Mr. Blaine ex hibited all the qualities required for the discharge of the most difficult and delicate duties of an executive station. Many parsons warmly disposed to sup port 11r Blaine for the Presidency corn plain that he does nothing for himself— Nor is it likely that he will do anything.. If chosen President his nomination must be won by the Republican masses and his election by a frank and confident appeal to the people No wan is freer from the spirit of the demagogue and time server His friends believe that his candidacy would evoke an entbuiasm not equalled in this country since the famous campaign of 1840. Tight Laoing. The circumference of the waist in a woman of medium height and dimensions measures,on an average—when not cramped and distorted—about 30 inches; but in those who have I ,nit adopted tieht.lacing it may measure no more than 20 inches, and sometimes even much less. Now, what becomes, in these latter cases, of the meveral organs contained within the chest and abdomen? They are, of course, cow pressed and pushed and squeezed out of their natural shapes, and made to protude into places in which they have no busi ness, because never meant to occupy such places. It was intended by nature, as a matter of course, that the chest and ab• domen should respectively held their va rious contents in their allotted and relative positions, occupying certain portions of space, and having ample roam for the due performance of their individual duties, without that jostling and interference with one another which necessarily accompanies disorder and bad arrangement. But, on the other hand, there is no vacuum or empty space in either of the two cavities —there is no region without its own par ticular organ or part ; and each organ or part, though provided by nature with am ple room fur the needful and unobstructed discharge of its special function, has not yet much to spare When, then, any one particular organ is, by the system of tight lacing, &c., unduly pressed upon and pushed and squeezed, it must. like a man in a crowd—since it cannot get fait of the the way—beg seriously hampered in its movements, and its important duties im perfectly discharged, to the no small in jury and suffering sooner or later of the foolish self-torturer. And this in propor tion to the unnatural pressure and squeez ing to which the organ has had to submit. The excessive crushing, however, which results from this much to be deplored cus tom, as well as the consequences arising from: it, is not confined to one organ only, but it is transmitted to those lying in its immediate proximity--these having to bear the pressure from the organs which are directly implicated, though they them-elves may be entirely removed from the direct load. The practice of tight lacing brings about this crushing and displacement of organs most completely and effectually— hampering and thwarting them in the per formance of their assigned and indispensable duties, and with the consequent production of a whole host of very serious troubles, and not a few real and grave diseases.— There are few natural diseases, indeed, which so thoroughly displace and jam and wedge together so great a number of the internal organs, and so generally dissemi nate among them incapacity for the dis charge of their multifarious duties, as does this positively sinful practice of tight lacing. Shortness of breath, congestion, and even inflammation of the lungs, con gestion of the liver, of the 'kidneys &e., palpitation and subsequent disease of the heart; faintings, bronchitis, indigestion, jaundice, obstruction of the bowels, rup ture, &c., are a few only of the many evils arising from the custom which we are so emphatically condem - ning; a list, one would think, quite formidable enough to cause the most thoughtless and most fashion v,eridden subject to immediately renounce ail allegiance to a practice so fraught with mischief; and one, moreover, which has not a single redeeming point, even in the occasionally foolish eyes of the sterner sex, in its favor.-- Good Words. Destroyers of Carpets. INSECT PESTS THAT HIDE IN THE CRT• VICES OF FLOORS. The season is at hand in which many careful housewives will be dismayed at the wholesale destruction which their best car pets have suffered, through the depreda tions of some insect pests, and as usual the injury will be attributed to the well known domestic scourge, the clothes moth tines tepetzella But it may be of interest to some to know that an insect of quite a different order, and far more destructive, is fostered unwittingly beneath our car pets. If the windows of infested rooms be carefully examined during the winter and spring, a number of small beetles may of ten be found not exceeding one eighth of an inch in length, and of an oval convex form These insects are beautiful little objects, being jet black, variegated with scarlet, and white markings. If examined through a lower power microscope these markings are seen to be composed of min ute elongated scales of various colors, with which the body is completely covered as with a coat-of mail. This is the insect which in the larval state plays such havoc with carpets, and is known:to entomologists under the name or anthrenus scrophularioe. Its discovery in this country is of recent. date, and it has probably been imported from Europe, where it has long been known and dreaded for its uestructiveness. Owners of carpets who have not suffered from this source have reason to congratu late themselves and should be vigilant, making frequent examinations during the summer months, at which time the insect is in the larval state and commits its ravages while its presence is often unsus pected. The larvae measure about three sixteenth of an inch in length, in mature specimens, and are clothed with short bristly hairs somewhat longer a' the sides where they form small tufts., and are ter minated at the hinder end by a tuft of longer hair, making them appear nearly three-eights of an inch long. When they are disturbed they are very active and glide very quickly away into some crevice of the floor or beneath the washboard. It is not very consoling to know that this pest is rapidly increasing while no effectual means for its destruction has yet been dis covered, although benzine, kerosene oil and insect powder have been reported ben eficial. A curious fact concerning these insects is that the imago or perfect insect, is frequently found on flowers, apparently feeding on the pollen. A friend recently gave me a number of specimens which he had taken on the tulip, while I have fre quently found them abundant on the flu gers of the spirea alba. A COUNTRY editor received the follow ing: `•Dear sir—l have looked carefully :ind patiently over your paper fcr six months for the death of some individual I was acquainted with, but as yet not a sin gle soul I care anything about had drop , ped , •ff ; you will please to have my name erased." AT a church entertainment in Califor nia rum punch was smuggled in as cold tea. The desire for tea became great Tat extreme height of misery is a F mall boy with a neyr pair or boors and no mud puddle. NO. 17.
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